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    The human right to science is 76 years old. It’s a reminder for us all to be more curious.

      Sujatha Raman, Professor and UNESCO Chair-holder, Australian National University and Brian Schmidt, Distinguished Professor, Australian National University Signed exactly 76 years ago today, the Universal...

    AI could make cities autonomous, but that doesn’t mean we should let it happen

    Federico Cugurullo, Assistant Professor in Smart and Sustainable Urbanism, Trinity College Dublin You are walking back home. Suddenly the ground seems to open and a...

    West Africa’s coast was a haven for piracy and illegal fishing – how technology is changing the picture

    Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood, Lecturer, University of St Andrews The Gulf of Guinea – a coastal region that stretches from Senegal to Angola – is endowed with...

    AI can make African elections more efficient – but trust must be built and proper rules put in place.

      Shamira Ahmed, Policy Leader Fellow, Florence School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute Mehari Taddele Maru, Professor, European University Institute and John Hopkins University, European...

    Land Use and Environmental Degradation in Mauritius: Interrogating the Governance Framework

      Original research by: Xavier G.H. Koenig,  Doctoral Student, Université des Mascareignes Prakash N.K. Deenapanray, Adjunct Professor, Université des Mascareignes The global environmental crisis is getting worse, with more biodiversity...

    Online spaces are rife with toxicity. Well-designed AI tools can help clean them up.

      Lucy Sparrow, Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction, The University of Melbourne Eduardo Oliveira, Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering, The University of Melbourne Mahli-Ann Butt, Lecturer, Cultural Studies,...

    Data centre emissions are soaring – it’s AI or the climate

      Jack Marley, Environment + Energy Editor, The Conversation Artificial intelligence (AI) is curating your social media feed and giving you directions to the train station....

    The United Nations has a plan to govern AI – but has it bought the industry’s hype?

      Zena Assaad, Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, Australian National University The United Nations Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Artificial Intelligence (AI) has released its final report...

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